#1: Resize from Any Edge

The small resize chevron in the bottom right corner is also gone and when combined with
the disappearing scrollbars the effect is very pleasant. It’s as if windows have finally
found their purpose: to display content, not widgets.

I don’t need to say more about this one. As an owner of a large LCD that
displays multiple windows at the same time, thank you! Thank you so unpossibly very much.

#2: Merge Folder Content

When you copy or move a folder and the target already contains a folder
with the same name, the Finder gives you the option
to either replace the target folder or cancel the operation:

Another way to think about it is to view folders being equivalent to files:
if you were to move a file and if the target folder already contained a file with the same name,
would you expect that the operating system merges the two files? #rationalization

It may make sense to geeks but to most people switching from other OS’s, where they have learned
to click absently minded on a torrent of badly worded and poorly button-ed dialogs,
this was not just merely annoying but down-right harmful.
You learn fast though, as the saying goes.

I like the Keep Both button because merge is such a geeky word, but on the other hand I
could argue that perhaps both is more ambiguous since according to the dictionary:

both |bōθ|
adjective & pronoun
used to refer to two people or things, regarded and identified together

Using this definition one would expect that both folders would keep their identity, which is obviously not the case.
Perhaps it’s just a matter of perspective and whether one sees “the thing” as being the folder’s content
rather than folder itself.

Why Wait So Long?

This is the one question that’s been nagging me regarding these two changes, but I think I’ll let smarter people answer.

Apple could’ve done both a good while ago - as far as I can tell there’s nothing earth-shattering in Lion without which
they couldn’t have introduced these features; after all the radars have been filed, and complaints have been voiced
for quite a long time.

Or, perhaps, a more interesting question would be “what can we read/infer/speculate from this change?”

I cannot come up with anything that would tie the merge feature into their
getting rid of the file system as we know if, and
I’m even more puzzled by the resize feature because it seems counter-intuitive to me that Apple would spend
time on a feature that’s been, aside from having the menu at the top and the window control buttons to the left,
a seemingly core visual feature that people identified with OS X (and complained bitterly about).

One more for the road:

256 Terminal Colors

If anything, a 256-color terminal means vim can look as good in the console as MacVim
looks.

The screenshot above shows the new terminal theme called “Silver Aerogel”. Can’t say I’m crazy about it.
Black text on gray doesn’t offer a very good contrast, but the blur on the window makes it stand out.

So? Liked it? Hated it? Thought it was stupid? Thought I was stupid? Deemed it to be informative? Want to lavish excessive praise or cast fiery insults? Contact me and have at it.